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Stallions roundup: Atom, Bantams,
Midgets all advance

Atom Sara Carmichael breaks away for the games
only touchdown. (Gisele Lalonde photo)
The Atom Stallions advanced to the finals with another nailbiter
of a game against the Lasalle Warriors.
The Stallions defence was solid the whole game, keeping the Lasalle
offence from scoring.
Xavier McCutchen, Joshua Welburn and Gianni Johnston did a great
job of penetrating the offensive line to give the quarterback
a hard time.
The Stallions offence was slow taking off in the first quarter,
but then settled in and started to move the ball down the field.
The game was scoreless until the last two minutes off the game
when Sarah Carmichael found an opening in the defensive line
with a 30-yard run down the sideline to score.
The Stallions will be playing Greenfield Park next weekend for
the championship at the Molson Stadium.
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The St. Lazare Midget Stallions traveled four and a half hours
to St. Georges de Beauce to play against a team that has been
a Heppell contender since 1984 and came back with a hard-earned
win in an injury-filled game.
The game started off rough for the Stallions, with the Beauce
jumping to a quick 18-0 lead before the first quarter was 10
minutes old. The Stallions finally got a touchdown on a bad snap.
After the kicker got control of the ball, he attempted to punt
it away, only to have the kick blocked by Brandon Malone. It
was then recovered in the end zone by Ryan Petrie, making the
score 18-7. The Stallions were marching down the field in the
final minute of the first half to close the gap when their quarterback
Max Trudeau rolled out to make a pass, was brought down from
behind and broke his wrist.
He joined running back Bryce Vieira, out earlier in the game
with two dislocated fingers, and fullback J-F Lacroix, with a
dislocated shoulder. The refs decided to go to half-time while
the coaches were attending to Max so when the game was back on
we played the final 25 seconds and then started with the captains
for the second half.
The Stallions first offensive posession of the third quarter
turned into a punt. On Beauce's first series of the third quarter,
the Stallions defence stepped up the pressure and on a pass attempt
the ball was intercepted by Alex Chevrier, who returned it for
a touchdown. On the next offensive series for the Beauce, the
Stallions defence held strong and forced Beauce to punt the ball
away. Bryce Vieira received the punt and followed Nicholas Mann
down the field to score the game-tying touchdown. On the next
Stallions possession the offence was led by Nicholas and Bryce
and together they drove the ball all the way down to the Beauce's
two-yard line where Francis Perrault took the ball on a reverse
and scored, giving the Stallions the lead for the frst time in
the game. The Beauce scored on their next possession, tying the
game before the Stallions scored a touchdown on another reverse
by Francis Perrault.
The Stallions also got two singles off punts by Alex Chevrier
after Max Trudeau went down. The defence held strong and the
game ended on an interception from Frank Desjardins. - Kenny
Mann
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On a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon at home field, the Bantam
Stallions (Bill Allen Division: 7 wins, 3 losses) began their
playoff quest against the Ile Bizard Vikings (Earl De La Perralle
Division: 6 wins, 4 losses). The St. Lazare boys, missing a few
players, quickly established an offensive presence by scoring
22 points in the first quarter to the Vikings 7, with the last
play of the half being an end-to-end kick return and major score
for the Stallions. The Stallions defence was dominant throughout
the game, forcing turnovers and resulting in numerous losses
of yardage for the Ile Bizard boys. The second quarter saw the
Vikings make some adjustments that appeared to neutralize the
potent St Lazare offence. The score was 24-13 for the Stallions
at the end of the first half. In the second half the St Lazare
boys scored two majors in the third quarter and another two in
the fourth. The Vikings managed to score another touchdown, but
simply ran out of manpower to compete evenly with the Stallions,
who now move on to the semi-finals with a 51-20 win over Ile
Bizard. Congrats to the boysone down, two to go before being
Champs!
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